I'm not really a role player

Chapter 179 McGrady, Annoyed After Losing
McGrady was still in a slump in the second quarter, making only 3 of 1 shots.

These 3 shots were not defended by Li Ke.

The three balls were all high-position pick-and-rolls, and McGrady passed the pick-and-roll to get rid of Li Ke's follow-up defense.

But coincidentally, Gerald Wallace stood on the fourth position of the Bobcats in the second quarter.

Facing the pick-and-roll, Li Ke switched defenses directly, and Hua's second defense did not disappoint him. He only lost one of the 3 balls.

McGrady continued to slump, but the Rockets' offense continued. The substitutes Landry and Novak and the starting streetball king Alstom performed well and scored.

But overall, the Rockets still lost a little bit, with a score of 53 to 46 at halftime.

A 7-point deficit is not too much, and the Rockets took the chance of a comeback in their hands.

On the first ball in the second half, Lao Ai assisted Hua's second to make a throw.

Then it's the rocket's turn—

"On the front, McGrady is still playing pick and roll, this time it is Landry's cover, one step past, Li Ke directly switched defenses..."

"It was Gerald Wallace who got in front of Tracy McGrady. Look at his options. Pass the ball!"

"Aaron Brooks, three points!"

Swish!
"The ball is in!"

"The Rockets got back a three-pointer!"

Although the butt is on the Bobcats side, Director Zhang and Yu Jia still showed their passionate side when Xiao Heidou came out to catch the ball and scored a three-pointer.

"Xiao Bu played the ball so confidently, he got out of the bottom line, and he flew out immediately after catching the ball!"

Wait until Little Heidou's next offensive round, come out again, and score another three-pointer.

On Yang Wu, Director Zhang shouted: "Hey, this goal has been scored again!"

"Xiao Bu played well, with two three-pointers, the Rockets directly chased the score to only three points away."

Sam Vincent had a serious expression, feeling threatened by this little substitute who suddenly had a sudden convulsion.

Lao Ai blushed, he was shot two balls in a row, the score was put aside for now, as the answer, he had to return one.

Then, with a bang, Lao Ai hit the iron.

Turning around, the Rockets counterattacked, Xiaobu suddenly caught the ball, feinted a shot from the outside line, and shook away Lao Ai, but Xiaobu unexpectedly rushed into the basket and made a layup.

"1 point, only 1 point away!"

"Who would have thought that the Rockets would suddenly gain momentum, and with a wave of Xiaobu's personal performance, the score would be only one point away!"

At this time, Yang Wu was a little excited. Although they didn't want to see the Rockets come back, Xiao Bu's performance in these three or four rounds was really outstanding.

Director Zhang let out a sigh of relief, and Yu Jia also praised him immediately: "Scored 8 points in a row, which shows that, who would have thought that Xiaobu is a rookie?"

The offensive and defensive transition, the Bobcats' round, Li Keliu dunked from the bottom line, and the score was stretched to 3 points.

Director Zhang shouted: "The bottom line dunk, this move is Li Ke's big killer move since he entered this season in 08. Look at the dunk, McGrady can't stop him at all!"

Immediately afterwards, Lao Ai slapped the floor and stared at Xiao Bu who scored 8 points in a row.

The flustered Xiao Bu scored another three-pointer, but his previous accuracy was no longer there.

On the offensive end, Li Ke still picked up the rebound, counterattacked to the frontcourt, and chased for a three-pointer!
"Three points!"

Director Zhang shouted, followed by a swish!
"Have it!"

"On the Rockets' side, Xiaobu broke out and scored 8 points in a row. On the Bobcats' side, Li Ke responded with a one-three-point deduction."

"The score has just been reduced to 1 point, and now it has been stretched to 6 points..."

Although there are many words of praise, Director Zhang and Yu Jia seem to have forgotten that Li Ke is also a rookie.

With the Rockets' offense and high-post pick-and-rolls, McGrady still kept Li Ke's defense firmly in front of him. He also played in this game with the meaning of watching the food.

Li Ke's defense was tough, so from the second quarter, McGrady stopped shooting in front of Li Ke.

In the second quarter, after he discovered that Hua's second child was also a hard stubble, another one was added to McGrady's no-shoot list.

As a result, the Bobcats have always been very strict with his defense. Li Ke guarded him one-on-one, and asked Hua Er to switch defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls.

McGrady turned into a pass-first point guard, only singles to contain the defense, and then put the pass first.

Just playing down like this, the Rockets' offense played impressively.

Xiaobu's 8 points in a row was just one of the performances. Next, the Rockets relied on the high pick-and-roll support, and the weak-side pitchers went around, constantly creating threats.

The game surprisingly maintained suspense until the fourth quarter...

"Alston...three points!"

Swish-!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Aaron Brooks was replaced, Alstom was on top, and then it was also a three-pointer.

With this three-pointer, the Bobcats led by 6 points at the end of the three quarters, and it shrank to 3 points in an instant.

When Lao Ai's response to the ball ended in a strike, the Bobcats' lead was running out.

Director Zhang was a little surprised by the seemingly lukewarm situation in front of him, but in fact it was difficult to tell the winner: "Three quarters, McGrady only made 13 of 4 shots and scored 11 points. Looking at the Bobcats, Li Ke scored 19 points in three quarters, Iverson scored 14 points, O'Neal scored 10 points, and the Rockets still bit the score?"

"The role players of the Rockets played too well. Alston scored 17 points, and Brock had 11 points. In the position of point guard alone, the Rockets scored 28 points in three quarters..."

On the sidelines, Sam Vincent looked worried, staring at Lao Ai.

In this game, Li Ke and Boss Hua's defense was concentrated on McGrady, and Lao Ai's defense went wrong. This problem was exposed quite obviously.

After all, Alston and Xiaobu, a street player who is more famous than the NBA, and a rookie point guard, ended up hitting a climax on the head of Lao Ai.

Lao Ai wanted to spread his hands. His defense did not lose his position at all. The few goals he conceded were all thrown in by Alston and Xiao Heidou against the defense. What can he do? Is it because he is short?
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sam Vincent didn't make any adjustments, and the Rockets just stared at Lao Ai's point and hit hard, desperately biting the score.

As the game progressed to the final stage, the role of the old shark almost disappeared, and the old Ai was also a little overwhelmed by the opposite Alston and Xiaobu's combination of one old and one young, one flower and one quick.

When Xiao Bu, who reappeared, broke through quickly and threw a goal, the timeout that Sam Vincent had been pinching in his hand was finally called out.

"A timeout. In the last 5 minutes and 26 seconds of the game, the Bobcats led the Rockets by 99 points 97 to 2. They still have the advantage, but the score is not so safe."

"Obviously, with McGrady being locked up by Li Ke, Sam Vincent really wants to use this to win the game. Let's see his adjustment..."

After a pause, Sam Vincent frowned, and Li Ke looked at the tactical board in his hand, ready to move.

To be honest, Li Ke felt that Sam Vincent was to blame for the ball being played like this.

For a McGrady who has been in serious decline, it is too wasteful to use Li Ke and Hua No. [-] to defend the generals on the flanks. If Sam Vincent can transfer Hua No. [-] to the weak side earlier, neither Xiaobu nor Alston will be so easy to break out.

"Let's... adjust the defense first..."

Sam Vincent hesitated. After turning his eyes to Li Ke, Li Ke became firm: "Sheldon, there are more than 5 minutes left in the game, and Trish will be left to you alone. Is it okay?"

Li Ke showed his standard eight teeth. Now, he didn't have to grab the tactical board from Sam Vincent.

"Of course it's okay, coach. In fact, what I want to say is that we should have been so defensive."

Passing on his confidence to everyone in the Bobcats, Li Ke also reminded Sam Vincent that you are also responsible for the way this game is played!
Of course Sam Vincent lowered his head, drawing on the tactical board, as if he didn't hear the second half of Li Ke's words.

The second Hua's defense has been transferred to the weak side. His task is to cooperate with Lao Ai and strangle Xiaobu who is currently on the field and Alston who may appear at the last moment.

There was no adjustment on the offensive end, but Li Ke made his own decision, pulling Lao Sha and asking him to mention the cover later.

Speaking of which, in the game against the Lakers, the old shark was conquered by the Bobcats team. Li Ke made a great contribution, followed by Boss Joe, and then the next row was Lao Ai, Hua's second, and Sam Vincent...

The pick-and-roll, the dirty work that Sam Vincent once feared the Sharks wouldn't accept, is having fun doing it now.

Li Ke asked him to move two steps out of his position for the meeting, and he almost said bluntly: Anyway, you don't have much chance to get the ball at the last moment, so why not move two steps out to make room for the inside line and give a higher quality cover?
emmm, if you speak bluntly, Lao Sha will definitely not agree.

But Li Ke was tactful, and Lao Sha readily agreed.

Then there was the first attack after the timeout. The old shark's cover took two steps out. Li Ke immediately took advantage of this, slipped the bottom line and rushed to the basket, and received the pass from Lao Ai. With a bang, the hanging frame was successful!

On the defensive end, Li Ke continued to stare at McGrady.

McGrady found Scola, who was on the court at the last moment, and played a high pick-and-roll.

Then Li Ke and Lao Du, who was switched to the fourth position at the last moment, flanked McGrady back and forth.

McGrady made a pass to Scola.

Scola mid-range jumper, bang, missed.

In another offensive round, it was still Li Ke who slid to the bottom line, and the old shark was pulled out frontally, and Lao Ai blocked one firmly.

Lao Ai broke through and made a jumper with a sudden stop, and with a bang, it hit!

In the Rockets' round, they used a quick frontal attack and a defensive strategy of delaying the return. Then McGrady passed a pass to the weak side.

In the words of Director Zhang: "Xiao Bu is too confident!"

However, with a bang, Xiao Bu didn't make a shot in the face of the pressured defense of Hua's second child.

So, after the timeout, the score was drawn very quickly.

Sam Vincent's eyes were no longer worried, he found the problem.

"Sheldon is right, it should have been adjusted long ago."

Lao Ai's defensive problem is actually very simple, that is, he is short in height and no longer has the speed of his youth. Facing a tall point guard like Alston who is also terrifying in the wind, and a young and fast shooter like Xiaobu, one-on-one defense is not enough immediately.

At this time, he needs the help of Hua Er or Li Ke.

The point that misleads Sam Vincent is that he pays too much attention to McGrady, who has declined severely this season.

As a result, at the last moment of the game, Li Ke alone locked up McGrady.

With more than 2 minutes left before the end of the game, Li Ke's three-pointer opened the score gap to double digits.

This seemingly tepid game, but in fact the score was tight, finally ended its suspense.

"Alstom and rookie Aaron Brooks who came off the bench performed well, one with 23 points and the other with 19 points, but in this game, McGrady's state is still a little bit worse, with only 15% of 5 of 33.3 shots. It is really difficult to lead the Rockets to retreat from the Time Warner Center!"

With Rick Adelman replacing the main force, the game ended in advance.

Director Zhang and Yu Jia summed up the game, and the focus was no surprise on Li Ke and McGrady.

First, he slandered McGrady, and then praised Li Ke: "Li Ke's performance in this game was too good. He scored a game-high 27 points on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, McGrady only made 15 of 5 shots. He was excellent both offensively and defensively. It can be said that the biggest contributor to the Bobcats' victory in this game is Li Ke!"

After blowing around, the game is coming to an end.

2 minutes ago, McGrady sat on the bench, and 2 minutes later, the red light came on, listening to the cheers in the ear, and the live commentary shouted: "Congratulations to the Charlotte Bobcats, they ended the Rockets' 20 consecutive victories with a victory from the beginning to the end!"

At that moment, McGrady felt a little irritable.

In this game, he was indeed a bit aggrieved. On the offensive end, he was tightly locked by Li Ke. One-on-one had almost no chance to make easy shots. Relying on the pick-and-roll, he picked up a few balls, but it was not enough for him to vent his sulking.

On the defensive end, Li Ke didn't show too much sharpness, but unknowingly, he scored a game-high 27 points.

If you really think about it, in this game, McGrady was blasted by Li Ke from both offense and defense.

He didn't win the game, and the winning streak was over. As soon as the game ended, McGrady got up, headed sullenly, and walked towards the entrance of the stadium.

As a result, Duan Ran, a sideline reporter stationed in North America by Central Five, still didn't want to make him feel better, so he stopped him halfway.

"Tracy, can I ask you a few questions?"

Duan Ran pointed to the camera, which meant that he was broadcasting live.

Seeing Yang Wu's logo, McGrady, knowing that this is the big benefactor, could only nod helplessly.

"In this game, losing to the Bobcats, the 20-game winning streak is over, do you feel regretful?"

Irritable, just tm irritable!

"There must be regrets, but it's okay, after all, the winning streak cannot last forever."

"Can you comment on your opponent Li Ke in this game? His defense seems to have caused you a lot of trouble?"

Damn, it's so annoying!

If you can use this sentence to answer this question, McGrady will blurt out that he was indeed too irritable in this game.

This attack can't attack, defense can't defend, he was overwhelmed by Li Ke, and the game was lost, isn't it: FMD, are you bored to death?
(End of this chapter)